Until death, a teacher in South Korea stabbed an 8 -year -old student in an elementary school, shocking the whole country.

The 40 -year -old teacher admitted that she stabbed the student in the central city of Daejeon, as police said.

The girl was found with knife wounds on the second floor of the school building at 18:00 local time on Monday and his death was found in the hospital. The teacher was by his side and had a knife injuries which she said she could cause.

South Korean president Choi Shack-Mok ordered Tuesday Research on the case And he urged the authorities to “apply the necessary measures to ensure that such incidents will never be repeated”.

The school will remain closed today Tuesday and some citizens left some flowers from the outside.

The teacher had asked on December 9 six -month license citing depression, But she returned to school just 20 days later after a doctor appreciated her as a job, said Daejeon’s educational office.

Days before the incident, the teacher had shown violent behavior, heading for another professor, they said.

The student was declared disappeared on Monday afternoon after the bus driver informed the school that she had not seen her to return home.

Police also said they would continue to interrogate the teacher after recovering from the intervention he underwent.

South Korea is a generally safe country with strict gun control laws. But in recent years, it has faced many high profile crimes, including stabbings.

“It hurts to see such an incident because a school must be our safest place,” said Deputy President Choi. “I express my deep condolences to the victim’s family who suffered a great deal of shock and anxiety.”